While being an innovative way to use data and statistical methods to forecast the probability of crime and improve the effectiveness of resource deployment, Predictive Policing is based on many underpinning assumptions. The main ethical issues relating to PP revolve around such topics as data selection and machine bias, visualisation and interpretation of forecasts, transparency and accountability, time and effectiveness, as well as the problem of stigmatisation of individuals, environments and community areas. This translates into the legal domain and particularly into questions relating to privacy. The current legislative framework only partly addresses these issues, focusing mainly on individual rights and not on groups and how they migh...